{"id":2413864,"date":"2025-03-19T12:45:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T16:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tesla-attacks-nothing-short-of-domestic-terrorism-pam-bondi\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T12:45:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T16:45:02","slug":"tesla-attacks-nothing-short-of-domestic-terrorism-pam-bondi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tesla-attacks-nothing-short-of-domestic-terrorism-pam-bondi\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla attacks &#8216;nothing short of domestic terrorism&#8217;: Pam Bondi"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftesla-attacks-nothing-short-of-domestic-terrorism-pam-bondi%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2413864&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Pam Bondi declares targeted Tesla attacks are &lsquo;nothing short of domestic terrorism&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2036003\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3334578\/bondi-promises-fire-withholding-epstein-files\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Pam Bondi\">Pam Bondi<\/a> made it clear that acts of vandalism against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3343919\/sean-hannity-among-celebrities-buy-teslas-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Tesla vehicles\">Tesla<\/a> would be fully prosecuted as domestic terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>Her comments followed multiple reports of vandalized Tesla vehicles and dealerships.&nbsp;In one case, a suspect set a Tesla service center in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3351667\/elon-musk-outraged-arson-attack-tesla-las-vegas-terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Las Vegas, Nevada\">Las Vegas, Nevada<\/a>, ablaze using Molotov cocktails, damaging five vehicles. Tesla CEO Elon Musk was the first to refer to the incidences as &ldquo;terrorism&rdquo; online.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3352421\/minnesota-state-senator-arrested-sexual-misconduct\/\">Minnesota GOP calls for state senator&rsquo;s resignation after arrest for alleged sexual misconduct<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3351667\/elon-musk-outraged-arson-attack-tesla-las-vegas-terrorism\/\">Musk outraged after massive arson attack on Tesla service center: &lsquo;Terrorism&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3349118\/egg-prices-high-american-smuggling-border\/\">Egg prices so high Americans are smuggling them over the border<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The swarm of violent attacks on Tesla property is nothing short of domestic terrorism. The Department of Justice has already charged several perpetrators with that in mind, including in cases that involve charges with five-year mandatory minimum sentences,&rdquo; Bondi&rsquo;s Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/attorney-general-bondi-statement-violent-attacks-against-tesla-property\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">statement<\/a> said. &ldquo;We will continue investigations that impose severe consequences on those involved in these attacks, including those operating behind the scenes to coordinate and fund these crimes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump also agreed that the crimes looked like domestic terrorism in a Tuesday interview on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>The<\/em> <em>Ingraham Angle<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think that you will find out they&rsquo;re paid by people that are very highly political on the left,&rdquo; Trump said of those convicted of vandalizing the vehicles.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2850686&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=c3e21faf45677831c065819b539a2950\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3352233\/tim-walz-celebrates-tesla-stock-dropping-little-boost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>WALZ CELEBRATES TESLA&rsquo;S STOCK DROPPING: &lsquo;GIVES ME A LITTLE BOOST&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tesla stock has decreased by 40% over the last year. It peaked before Trump&rsquo;s inauguration in January at over $428 per share but is sitting at $235 as of Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The backlash against Tesla largely began when Musk came out in support of Trump. Ahead of the election,&nbsp;Musk&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3179028\/musk-pac-47-swing-state-voter-referral-sign-free-speech-petition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">created a petition<\/a>&nbsp;specifically for&nbsp;swing state&nbsp;voters, offering $47 for every referral that resulted in a signature via his pro-Trump&nbsp;super PAC, the America PAC. It also hired canvassers in these swing states. Signers of the petition pledged their support for the First and Second amendments, which have been&nbsp;Musk&rsquo;s cited reasons for&nbsp;endorsing Trump. In an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3178774\/exclusive-elon-musk-says-destiny-of-america-is-on-the-line\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interview<\/a>&nbsp;with the&nbsp;<em>Washington Examiner<\/em>,&nbsp;Musk&nbsp;said this November would be &ldquo;the most important election in our lifetime.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2036003\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2036003\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pam Bondi declares targeted Tesla attacks are \u2018nothing short of domestic terrorism\u2019 Attorney General Pam Bondi made it clear that acts of vandalism against Tesla would be fully prosecuted as domestic terrorism. Her comments followed multiple reports of vandalized Tesla vehicles and dealerships.\u00a0In one case, a suspect set a Tesla service center in Las Vegas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2413865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pam-bondi-2189915744.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2413864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pam-bondi-2189915744.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2413864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2413865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2413864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2413864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2413864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}